Straub-Huillet’sadaptationofHeinrichBöll’sbitingsatireBonnDiarypresentsthereflectionsofareactivatedofficerwhoissummonedtotheWestGermancapitalbytheMinistryofDefensetoestablishanAcademyforMilitaryMemories.StraubconsideredhisfilmtobeaninterventionagainstGermanrearmamentintheAdenauerera:"Machorka-Muffisthestoryofarape,therapeofacountryonwhichanarmyhasbeenimposed,acountrywhichwouldhavebeenhappierwithoutone."ddd In"Machorka-Muff,"Mr.Straub,employingthecold,somewhatexpressionisticbutalwaysloquaciousapproachofhisotherfilms,comesclosesttounderliningthealmostsubliminalironyofhisthemes.Hebrieflyoutlines,throughtheperformanceofColonelMachorka-Muff,aformerNaziwhoisreinstatedintheAdenauerregime,theunchangingthinkingoftheNaziand/orthemilitarymind.Asthecolonelofthetitle,Dr.JohannesEckhardtisproperlycoldandconvincingasthebelieverintherightsofthesoldier.AlthoughitistheshortestandearliestofMr.Straub'sfilms,itisboththemostlucidofhisworksandthemostclearlyindicativeofhispotentialasanimaginativefilmmaker.
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